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r78548 | gregory.p.smith | 2010-02-28 21:54:14 -0800 (Sun, 28 Feb 2010) | 10 lines
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r78546 | gregory.p.smith | 2010-02-28 21:43:43 -0800 (Sun, 28 Feb 2010) | 3 lines
Fixes issue #7999: os.setreuid() and os.setregid() would refuse to accept
a -1 parameter on some platforms such as OS X.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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- Expat: Fix DoS via XML document with malformed UTF-8 sequences
(CVE_2009_3560).
+- Issue #7999: os.setreuid() and os.setregid() would refuse to accept a -1
+ parameter on some platforms such as OS X.
+
Tests
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